Fisher v. Whyte’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Petitioner’s argument fails to place the disciplinary committee established by Code, 28-5-28 [1977] in its proper context. The [statute] . . . in no way requires that the new committee supplant other legitimately constituted committees performing other functions, as, for example, the committee charged in the case before us with determining the petitioner’s guilt or innocence. ... In short, the statute presupposes the existence of some fact-finding adjudicatory body other than the committee established by the statute itself. Accordingly, petitioner’s argument that the new committee must be the one to determine his guilt or innocence in this case is without merit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tawney v. McCoy